Combined rolling-pin, potato-masher, and biscuit-cutter.



No. 694,066 P a t e n t e u 6 F e b 2 5 9 o 2 v H L M E Y E R v IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII R.

DDDDDDDDD UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. MEYER, OF FESTUS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-THIRDS TO JESSE F. DONNELL AND GEORGE O. BIEDERMANN, OF FESTUS, MISSOURI.

COMBINED ROLLING-PIN, POTATO-MASHER, AND BISCUIT-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 694,066, dated February 25, 1902, Application filed Ilngust 26, 1901. Serial No. 73,355. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Festus, county of Jefferson, State ofMissouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in aOombined Rolling-Pin,Potato-Mashenand Biscuit-Cutter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperto tains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing the artiole suspended. Fig. 2 is a broken elevation,

l5 partly in longitudinal section; and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the biscuit-cutter detached.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in combination kitchen utensils,

and more particularly to a combined rollingpin, potato-masher, and biscuit-cutter, my object being to so construct the device that its parts-are compactly arranged, it can be readily suspended from ,a'suitable support,

when so suspended the parts are held securely together, and when using the device as a rolling-pin the hands of the user are guarded against injury by projecting elements associated with the potato-masher and biscuit-cutter.

To these ends and also to improve generally upon devices of the character indicated my invention consists inthe various matters hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A represents the body portion of the device, which in general features corresponds to the usual roller of a rolling-pin, the usual reduced handle A being formed upon one end thereof. In the end of said body portion or roller from which said handle projects and concentrically about said handle is an annular slot or kerf a, in which fits the cylindrical body portion 1) of the his- 43 cuit-cutterB. On the outer end of-said body portion of the biscuit-cutter is an outwardlyprojecting flange b, which when the said outter is in position in said slot at lies against the end of the roller. Suitable arched handles b are secured to said flange b at diametrically opposite points and project beyond the end of the roller; but in order to prevent these handles from scraping or otherwise injuring the hand of the operator when the device is being used as a rolling-pin an enlarge- 5 5 ment or hand-guard a of greater diameter than the handle A is formed centrally upon the end of the body portion A, said enlargement or hand-guard having its outer face beyond the said biscuit-cutter handles Z7 and forming a shoulder with the handle A,whereby the hand of the user is prevented from resting upon said handle A in such a position that it will be engaged by the biscuitcutter handles as the rolling-pin rotates. 6 The end of the roller A not provided with the handle A is hollowed out to produce a cylindrical chamber a which opens upon the roller end, and in this chamber fits the solid body portion 0 of a potato-masher O, a handle c (which corresponds with thebefore-mentione'd handle A) being provided upon the outer end of said body portion 0. In a recess d in the wall of the chamber a is a leafspring d, Whose inner end is suitably secured to the roller, while its outer end extends beyond the roller end and is provided with a nose d upon its'inner face, said nose engagingothe outer end face of the body portion of the potato-masher when said masher is in position in the said chamber. The potatomasher is provided with an enlargement or hand-guard'c which is similar to the beforedescribed enlargement a and is at a point beyond the projecting end of the before-mentioned spring-catch, whereby the hand of the operator is protected from injury by said catch.

When the parts are assembled, the device is a complete rolling-pin,with the biscuit-cuto ter carried in a convenient and handy place, and provision is made for guarding the hands of the user against injuryby either the projecting biscuit-cutter handles or the projecting end of the latch. The biscuit-cutter and potato-masher can, however,be readily separated from the other parts in an obvious manner. When the parts are assembled, the hamdles of the biscuit-cutter produce, in efiect, eyes, either of which can be readily passed over a suitable hook for the pupose of suspending the device,and each handle being 10- cated at the side of the roller when the device is suspended, as shown in Fig. 1, the rolling-pin hangs obliquely, thus causing the biscuit-cutter to tend to bind in its slot,thereby removing any danger of the rolling-pin dropping off said biscuit-cutter. Thus the handles of the biscuit-cutter serve as suspending members for the rolling-pin. hen thus suspended, the potato-masher hangs at the lower end of the roller, but is prevented from falling out of its chamber by the springlatch.

I am aware that many minor changes in the combination, construction, and arrangement of the several parts of my device may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a rolling-pin, of a biscuit-cutter detachably supported thereon,

and handles upon said biscuit-cutter, said handles forming members by which the said rolling-pin can be suspended when the parts are assembled; substantially as described.

2. The combination with a rolling-pin having a slot in the end thereof, of a cutter fitting in said slot, and a handle upon said cutter and forming a member by which said rolling-pin can be suspended, said handle being located to one side of the roller when the parts are assembled; substantially as described.

3. The combination with the body portion of a rolling-pin having a chamber in one end, a potato-masher fitting in said chamber, and yielding means for lockin g said potato-masher in said chamber; substantially as described.

4. The combination with the body portion of a rolling-pin provided with means forsuspending it from one end and having a chamber in its opposite end, of a potato-masher fitting in said chamber, and yielding means for locking said potato-masher in said chamber; substantially as described.

5? The combination with the body portion of a rolling pin having a concentric slot in one end and a chamber in its opposite end, of a biscuit-cutter fitting in said slot, arched handles upon said biscuit-cutter which are located at the sides of the rolling-pin when the parts are assembled, a potato-masher fitting in said chamber, a leaf-spring supported in said chamber and projecting beyond the end of the said body portion of the rollingpin, and a nose on the outer end of said spring engaging the outer end face of said rollingpin section when the parts are assembled; substantially as described.

6. The combination with a rolling-pin, of a handle therefor, a suspending member projecting beyond the end of the body portion of said rolling-pin and toward said handle, and a hand-guard between said member and said handle; substantially as described.

7. The combination with a rolling-pin, of a handle therefor, a suspending member projecting beyond the end of the body portion of said rolling-pin and toward said handle, and an enlargement upon said rolling-pin, said enlargement being of greater diameter than said handle and being located in a plane beyond said suspending member; substantially as described.

8. The combination with a rolling-pin having a slot in its end, of a handle about which said slot is formed, a biscuit-cutter fitting in said slot and having handles which are located at the side edges of said rolling-pin when the parts are assembled, and an enlargement at the inner end of said rollingpin handle, said enlargement being of greater diameter than said handle and being located in a plane beyond said biscuit-cutter handles; substantially as described.

9. The combination with the body portion of a rolling-pin, of a potato-masher, a handle on said masher, a latch securing said body portion and potato-masher together and projecting beyond said potato-masher toward said handle, and a hand-guardbetween said projecting latch end and said handle; substantially as described.

10. The combination with the body portion of a rolling-pin having a chamber in the end thereof, of a potato-masher fitting in said chamber, a handle upon said potato-masher, a latch in said chamber securing said body portion and potato-masher together and projecting beyond the end of said parts and toward said handle, and a hand-guard between said projecting latch and said handle; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 19th day of August, 1901.

HENRY L. MEYER.

Witnesses:

J. R. FUNK, W. F. DONNELL. 

